Finding a wild Four-lined snake in Croatia!

[@goldenhipsterjourneys6728]

Excellent content. I'm glad you both took the time to bring equipment to footage a gorgeous species. One of my favorite elaphe species and there is not enough videos on them. Proud of you guys !

[@LivingZoology]

Glad you enjoyed it! We were very happy to have a chance to film this snake during our summer holiday :)

[@linglonglongshi2936]

@@LivingZoology hello! Excuse me, among the 3000 kinds of snakes in the world , most of them are not dangerous to people, are they?

[@Spacey7]

They really are magnificent! Look at.that face, a perfect little dragon. Just gorgeous 🐍💕🐍

[@LivingZoology]

They are! So calm and majestic snakes! Lovely!

[@pauldavenport6466]

Great video and beautiful snake. What a treat to be able to see these animals in their natural range.

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, amazing snake! Thanks a lot!

[@nassunarhania]

Wow, nice finding, good job Matej and Zuzana.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you!

[@ashwinikumarrath3716]

We all get to learn & know about snake species from Africa, Asia & American continent. But very few documentaries cover any snake or reptile species from Europe. It's amazing to see. Please cover more European snake species

[@LivingZoology]

Awesome that you like to know about snakes from Europe! There will be more videos about them :)

[@ashwinikumarrath3716]

@@LivingZoology yeah I've searched over here. And what i found is 'Living Zoology' is the only channel that covered European snake species in most of videos. We got a lot of different species to know about from your videos. There are fewer unique species there. Thanks a lot.

[@LivingZoology]

@@ashwinikumarrath3716 We thought that maybe there are other channels filming snakes from Europe. We will continue presenting videos about snakes from Europe for sure!

[@victorcarbino8736]

Louis did an excellent job of gently maneuvering that snake out of his hole.

[@LivingZoology]

Who is Louis? :D My name is Matej :D

[@victorcarbino8736]

@@LivingZoology Everybody knows the great Louis Theroux. Stop pretending that you do not.

[@LivingZoology]

@@victorcarbino8736 If we knew we would not ask :D Sorry! We will google who that is.

[@nepaleseman1010]

What a beautiful snake a really old member of the Four Lined Snake family. Greta video. I love the cicadas reminds me of Corfu. At least one and a half meters if not more if you account for loss of the tail.

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, beautiful old individual! Thank you! The sound of cicadas is so typical!

[@AniFam]

Your are sooo brave!👍 This is an awesome video as well~ Thank you for sharing this~🤗

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you so much 🤗Happy that you love the video!

[@colinjava8447]

Snake bites don't really hurt, unless they are large snakes, venomous, or they bite in a funny place.

[@getoffmylawn8986]

What a calm, majestic animal!

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, it is! Thanks for watching!

[@Cimpra_1986]

Wow im from croatia and did not know that we have that big snakes

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, you have quite big snakes and some beautiful species!

[@johnschlesinger2009]

Beautiful snake, certainly looks as though it's finding plenty of food.

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, it was beautiful and healthy!

[@fullyenvenomated757]

Missed it guys but I'm gonna watch now

[@LivingZoology]

No worries! Enjoy! :)

[@zdravkozagorscak569]

Wow - Extra !!!

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much!

[@massimot.1112]

Great footage guys 😉. Looks like Cres-Lošinj islands. Next one...cat snake?

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much! It is Krk island :) Next one will be Nose-horned vipers :)

[@neilmuggeridge7790]

Beautiful!

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@birdspiders]

this snake gives me Lachesis vibes. Astonishing species

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, good observation! It is calm and moves gracefully like a bushmaster. Lachesis among colubrids!

[@gotophotoarchive9131]

Great catch... cheers from Croatia.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much!

[@ganeskmr]

Thank u very much

[@LivingZoology]

You are most welcome!

[@Meliora..]

Beautiful snake! Thanks for the video! 🙂

[@LivingZoology]

Thanks for watching! Great that you like the video! 🙂

[@markwhelan9887]

Such great marking's on this four-lined snake as you said it's an old snake!! For a snake that is missing, most of it's tail it's still a big individual cheers guys thanks again for all the good work and yes it's super important to take the snake back to it's home range because the majority of snake's that are removed from area's due to people not wanting them near their homes, usually end up dead because snakes have a home range that fills all their needs and they tend to stress so much that they can't survive im not sure where I got that information from maybe it was a snake catcher in America that shared the information on his channel because he tells his clients that more than likely this snake has lived here just as long as you have. So if it wanted to hurt you!! You would have been bitten long before you called me out here. So I tend to relocate it very close so it does not cause touch stress on the snake. A good man with a fantastic understanding of snakes I don't recall the name of the channel however he was called to remove a rattlesnake from behind someones shed as it had babies at least a dozen little snakes and the mum he got maybe eight babies on the first day then he came back and got mumma and four more.

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, it had beautiful coloration considering the fact that it was very old! Sure, there are studies showing that snakes often die if you take them far away from their home range and many rescuers try to release snakes as close as possible to the place of relocation.

[@abocas]

As usual, amazing footage 👍Never heard about that snake. Surprised to see a big, fat non-venomous snake like that in Europe.

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, there are some big non-venomous snake species in Europe :) Thank you for watching!

[@Blue_Lugia]

Do you know if they are bred in capativity?

[@LivingZoology]

We think that yes.

[@ricardo68]

Looks so much like Elaphe scalaris which we have here in Portugal.

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, a bit similar! Ladder snake was previously Rhinechis and now it looks like it is back in Zamenis genus.

[@LeBabo47]

Found one in southern France, they look very similar. Size was also very similar, I mesured it around 115cm, I'd guess this snake here will be around 125-130cm, with tail certainly >150cm. The ladder snake was very nervous at first and tried to bite me a lot. After 5 minutes I finally could pick her up and it was a bit more calm. I'm glad I didn't get bit because I don't want an infection. And it certainly would've hurt a bit as well 😂

[@LivingZoology]

@@LeBabo47 Nice experience! We still haven't seen that species.

[@LeBabo47]

@@LivingZoology yes that was very cool, I'm planning to go to Croatia soon as well :) I really hope to see a vipera ammodytes. I've been to south tyrol already, but only found adders there. What else did you find in Croatia?

[@LivingZoology]

@@LeBabo47 Nose-horned vipers are quite common, so you have a big chance to find it :) We have seen other snakes in Croatia, such as Balkan whip snake, Green whip snake, Aesculapian snake, European cat snake, Eastern Montpellier snake.

[@easternbrown]

What a great snake! Will look out for that one!

[@LivingZoology]

It was a very beautiful snake! Thanks for watching.

[@MrsHgLamp]

This snake is amanzing❤❤❤

[@LivingZoology]

We agree! A beautiful species!

[@therescuer9411]

I'm waiting 👍🙂

[@LivingZoology]

Coming soon!

[@lauradietrich6736]

Gorgeous snake! Reminds me of a beefier, more colorful and less derpy version of the black rat snakes I grew up with, especially with that placid temperament. Nice to know there are rat snakes in Europe as well.

[@LivingZoology]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@streitbergermatthias7626]

Did you find 2 different four lined snakes? I was also looking at exactly these spots, but didnt find one. Way too hot...

[@LivingZoology]

No, we found only this one, filmed the drone and movement footage at a different location because the other one does not have big open area.

[@R.Shankar333]

It connects us to animal's life and theri living style

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much!

[@fluffbungle6533]

stunning snake. not super colourful but handsome and looks good and strong. almost like a boa of europe. nice to see an animal who is doing really well for himself. may have lost some tail but to be at that size its obviously pretty successful. one of these days i will get out into europe and spend some time looking for reptiles, and four lines are at the top of my list to find. if i could find a four lined, a montpellier and a dahls whipsnake i would be the happiest man on the continent.

[@LivingZoology]

Awesome snake, yes! Quite a common species, so you have a good chance of finding it!

[@sanjajusth]

It's a Croatian native snake - some say it's actually a lizard.🇭🇷

[@LivingZoology]

Interesting, that some people say it is a lizard! You have a big legless lizard there - Sheltopusik!

[@gredausvemiru6236]

Zamijenio si blavora za kravosasa. Nema sumnje da je kravosas (zmija u videu) zapravo zmija

[@SnakeP1tPoetry]

Try that with "Poskok" next time.

[@LivingZoology]

We found 4 Poskoks there will be a video about them :)

[@lorenzosabatelli920]

bellissimo

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you!

[@nunyadambusiness6902]

4 to 5 foot snake, & thick like a gopher snake... 🐍... 👍...

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, very thick and healthy snake!

[@CatWoman2549]

Kravosas se kaže na hrvatskom. 🐍🐍🐍

[@LivingZoology]

Dear One More Time, please check our KZbin channel properly before calling us fools (Google translator exists, surprise!), maybe we have more experience with venomous snakes than you think ;)

[@CatWoman2549]

@@bad_conn ne virujen, čim su sa zmijama, moraju znat koja je otrovna, a koja nije.

[@Meliora..]

@Living Zoology, good answer 👍😀

[@LivingZoology]

@@Meliora.. 😀 Thank you!

[@bad_conn]

@@CatWoman2549 Da u pravu si ali mi je stalno na pameti bila ona koja je išla pomaziti poskoka na Biokovu pa je završila znamo kako. Inače nisam ljubitelj zmija meni su sve iste. 😂

[@robinsir]

People need to learn how to be calm and patient from this snake...

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, it is a very calm species!

[@saketkumar5527]

Why u don't mention whether it is venomous or not?

[@LivingZoology]

We are free handling it, so we assume that viewers get that it is non-venomous. True that nowadays some people free handle also venomous snakes so some viewers might not be sure.

[@Mara-wp5qn]

Elaphe quatuorlineata Λαφιατης;

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you for watching.

[@paysiliinvisible]

Because it killed my weasel

[@LivingZoology]

We are sorry for that. We understand that you are sad 😕 Snakes are predators and they naturally hunt smaller animals.

[@tomatom2547]

LEAVE OUR SNAKES 😆😆

[@LivingZoology]

We left it exactly at the same spot where we found it :)

[@tomatom2547]

@@LivingZoology 😁👍 joke, ofc I remember when I was a kid, it was 1990., big fire on island of Vis, Dalmatia, my cousin was/is a volunteer firefighter and they was return from fire front and he had exactly the same around his neck, with beer in his hand, approx. 1,5 meter long, he rescued and latter just as You, let her go.

[@LivingZoology]

@@tomatom2547 No worries! :) Interesting story!

[@johndoedrugi9144]

Unbelievable how people feel entitled to go to other countries, walk in to the nature and do whatever they want... Kravosas (elaphe quatuorlineata) is an endangered species and -- like all snakes in Croatia btw -- legally protected. It's a crime to interact with or disturb protected species in their natural habitat but you are dragging it out of its hole by brute force and harassing it for a stupid YT video? You should be (and you probably will be next time you enter this country) prosecuted for abusing wild animals like this.

[@LivingZoology]

We certainly did not want to commit any crime. Using a brute force on a snake looks different, we are always gentle and the snake was not harmed. Well, we use our stupid KZbin videos for educating people around the world about snakes. We are both zoologists and know something about snakes. But for sure we agree that we should get informed about the rules in Croatia.

[@zoranmarkovic1123]

@@LivingZoology You know, there are people who do nothing in life but attack others, thinking they are very smart, but in reality they are anything but... This person is a well-known YT bully who is basically looking for confrontation and fights. Thank God that there are people like you, who expand the horizons of other people with powerful and useful actions. Thanks for the great video.